Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ea never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50 pp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is typically in his Shepherd uniform. He has wavy red crest. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Rock crystal (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is black and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Sumnes was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new spy responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Fire opal (800 gp). Emerald (800 gp). White pearl (120 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'9". He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull black iron scale mail, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sword. He has a very tight haircut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His childhood dream was to be a Weaver, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Dilettante job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a yellow coat. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20000 cp.